The UK’s appetite for steak seems to be showing no signs of abating, with a proliferation of meat-focused restaurants opening across the capital and beyond in the coming months.

Although some chefs, such as Raymond Blanc
and Bruno Loubet
a predicting a less meat-focused menu as the way forward, this year will see existing and new steak concepts open their doors in the capital and further afield.

This month sees the opening of FlatIron, a new steak concept that will only sell the one cut of meat after which it is named, considerably undercutting its main London rivals on price in the process.

FlatIron will initially take up a six-week residency above The Owl & Pussycat Pub in Shoreditch, east London, although owner Charlie Carroll said it could conceivably run for longer, before securing a more permanent location.

Copenhagen-based steakhouse Mash is set to open its first UK operation on the former Titanic site in Piccadilly. US operator The One Group is also launching STK, billed as a ‘female-friendly steak concept’, at London’s ME hotel in September.